Rig Veda 8.67.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.67

Devata: Ādityas (with an appeal to their ‘havana-śruta’ aspect)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

जीवान्नो अभि धेतनादित्यासः पुरा हथात् । कद्ध स्थ हवनश्रुतः ॥

Transliteration

jīvān no abhi dhetanādityāsaḥ purā hathāt | kaddha stha havanaśrutaḥ ||

Translation

Ô Ādityas, établissez-nous fermement dans la plénitude de la vie; gardez-nous d’avance du coup du meurtrier. Où donc êtes-vous, vous qui entendez l’appel ?

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Word by Word

• जीवात्: from death; from dying
• जीवात्: अपादान (source/avoidance: ‘from death’)
• Type: Noun (abstract/quality)
• Root: जीव् (dhātu) / जीव (prātipadika)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor/our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• अभि: towards; over; upon
• अभि: — (verbal prefix; direction ‘towards/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (upasarga/preverb)

• धेतन: place; set; bestow (you all)
• धेतन: क्रिया (addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (dhātu ‘to place, set, put’)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: कर्तृ (addressees/agents)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (prātipadika)

• पुरा: formerly; before
• पुरा: अधिकरण (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (indeclinable)

• हथात्: from harm; from injury
• हथात्: अपादान (source/avoidance: ‘from harm’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हथ (prātipadika; ‘harm, blow, injury’)

• कद्ध: when indeed?; how then?
• कद्ध: —
• Type: Indeclinable (interrogative particle)
• Root: कद् (interrogative base) + ध (enclitic particle)

• स्थ: are (you all)
• स्थ: क्रिया (copula: ‘you are’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu ‘to be’)

• हवनश्रुतः: hearing the invocation; famed for heeding calls
• हवनश्रुतः: विशेषण (of the subject ‘Ādityas’)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: हवन-श्रुत् (compound: हवन ‘invocation/oblation’ + श्रुत् ‘hearing, famed for hearing’)